Curtain-rod.



H. BENOIT.

CURTAIN ROD. APPLIOATIOI FILED un as, 1910.

APatented Nov. 22, 1916.

Mmm/frs y UNITED sfrATEsl PATENT OFFICE HILAIRE BENOIT, 0F BROCKTQN. MASSACHUSETTS.

CURTAIN-ROD.

Specification of Letters Patent,

Patented Nov. 22, 1910.

Application Med May 25,11910. Serial No, 563,274,

and useful Improvements in Curtain-linde,

of which the following is a full, clear, and exact. description.

` My inventionl relates tocurtain rods, and it has for its object to provide. one with hook members, which may be manufactured cheaply'and which are adapted to enga 'e tbe'outer sides of fr window casing and )e held inposition by a spring, which also serves as :i "mearis for sup ortmg n curtain. "Still other objects oftie invention will appear in the following complete description. i

In this specification l will describe the preferred form of my invention, 'it being understood that the-Sco of the invention is defined in the appcnde claim.

' Reference, is to be had to the accompanying drawings furinin f a. part of this specification, iu whiehsimfi' ai" characters of reference ndieale corresponding parts in all the views, and in which- Fignre l is a perspective view of n portion of a window `frame, to which my curtain pole is attached; Fig. 2is a plan View of the blank fromwhieh the hook members are maiuifaelln'ed; Fig. 3 is u perspective view of one ofthe hook members when it has been constructed by bending the' blank, shown in Fig. 2, 'in a manner described hereinafter; Fig. 4 is a sectional plan View of one of the janibs of the window iriune and one of the hook members attached thereto; and Fig.. 5

is u view similar to that shown in Fi 4 in which the hook member is provide with buffer members to prevent the defacing o f the window frame'.`

By referring. to the drawings;- it will be lseen that bhmlts ae provided,4` wi'thconcave terminals (i, forming points" '(,Aon'eat each side of the said terrmnnls,-the-other terminal 8 being preferably ronn'ded'.' These blanks 5 are'constructed of meta-l antl'urestam .d by anysuitble'- machine, dft-'engine' 9 bemg cnt in the bl'ankatth same time that the blank is stamped in thc desired shape. The tongue l) has lts-free terminal 10 disposed in i the direction of the concave terminal 6 of the, blank. The, tongue f) is provided with set-oil' )ortions 11 as shown in ythe drawings. iVben the blank has been stamped, it is bent with the'end, or terminal G, disposed substantially at right angles to theI bodyl of the blank, the points 7 being bent substantially parallel with the said bod The tongue 9 is also struck up at rig t angles to the body of the blank in n direction opposite to that in which the terminal tongue, beyond the set-off portions 11 is bent to forni a hook.

When the blanks 5 are stamped and are members, as illustrated .in the dra-Wings. These hook members are two in number, one being.. rovided for engagement with the outer s des of each ofthe window jnmbs 15.v 'Ihe bodies of the hook members are disposed ngainst the faces of the window jamba l5, the terminals 6' being dis osed'ugainst the outer sides of the window jambs and the hooks 7 engaging the sides of the Window jambs l5 to hold the hook members' in osition. The` terminals 10, which are ent to form books, as has been' described, engage eyes' l2, at the, terminals of the spring 13, the spring 13 being disposed across the window from one windowjumb to the other and serving not `onlyr to hold the hook members in position against the sides of the'window jam'bs' 1,5 bu't also serving to support the curtain 14, these spring members ming closely wound, so that they may be used as a cart-nin rod in the usual manner.

the drawings, I prefer to rovidethc hook members with buers 16, w ich will prevent the hook members' from defiici'n'g-- the outer sides of the jar'nbsof the window-casing.

A book member, bentwith an end disposed substantially nt'k right. angles to its body, the terminal of the" end' bein pointed and being bent substantially para. lei with the body of thi'fhookmember, a portionof the body of the hook member being cut in As will be seen by referringrto Fig.- 5 of (l has been bent, and the,l terminal of the bent as has been described, they form hook ois the shape of n longue, llmving lateral set-off portions, the width of the fougue, at its termmaL belngless 1hanut :lts base, (he tongue being struck up 1n u dlrectmn )po- 5 #itc t'Qthat in which the' said end is c -beyond the ser*` l the`te1frpina-l o f the tongu olf pqr'txons, bing bent to 

